WRITER

Clemence Dane

1888 - 1965

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Winifred Ashton CBE, better known by the pseudonym Clemence Dane (21 February 1888 – 28 March 1965), was an English novelist and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clemence Dane has received more than 83,929 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Clemence Dane is the 6,685th most popular writer (down from 6,069th in 2019), the 6,100th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,679th in 2019) and the 692nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Clemence Dane ranks 6,685 out of 7,302Before her are Bayard Taylor, Julia Phillips, Al Jean, DBC Pierre, Helle Helle, and Joseph Finder. After her are Mary Augusta Ward, Thomas Shadwell, Aleš Debeljak, Jill Abramson, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Nadav Lapid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Clemence Dane ranks 276Before her are Chandrashekhar Agashe, Monty Woolley, Georges Vanier, Paul Cavanagh, Marguerite Marsh, and Tor Lund. After her are Lucien Hubbard, John Crowe Ransom, Thomas Sopwith, Clarence DeMar, Hazel Abel, and Jay Gould II. Among people deceased in 1965, Clemence Dane ranks 238Before her are Óscar Cristi, Daniel Frank, Henry Weed Fowler, Zachary Scott, Gladys Davis, and Randall Jarrell. After her are Louis Baillon, Haldor Halderson, Creighton Hale, H. V. Evatt, Eddie Gribbon, and Willard Schmidt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clemence Dane ranks 6,100 out of 8,785Before her are George MacKay (1992), Taio Cruz (1980), Peter Safran (1965), Freya Allan (2001), Allan Clarke (1946), and Rag'n'Bone Man (1985). After her are Yasmin Le Bon (1964), Leslie Benzies (1971), Thomas Shadwell (1642), Peter Serafinowicz (1972), Wendy Richard (1943), and Riz Ahmed (1982).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Clemence Dane ranks 692Before her are Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Sheila Jeffreys (1948), Victoria Hislop (1959), Rose Tremain (1943), Catherine Cookson (1906), and James Kelman (1946). After her are Thomas Shadwell (1642), Nicholas Monsarrat (1910), Elizabeth Carter (1717), Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802), David Hare (1947), and Alison Weir (1951).